17:1 Six days later 4 Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, 5 and led them privately up a high mountain.
1 tn Or “no traveler’s bag”; or possibly “no beggar’s bag” (L&N 6.145; BDAG 811 s.v. πήρα).
2 tn Grk “two tunics.” See the note on the word “tunic” in Matt 5:40.
3 sn Mark 6:8 allows one staff. It might be that Matthew’s summary (cf. Luke 9:3) means not taking an extra staff or that the expression is merely rhetorical for “traveling light” which has been rendered in two slightly different ways.
4 tn Grk “And after six days.”
5 tn Grk “John his brother” with “his” referring to James.